Because I have siblings who are a lot older than me, I grew up hearing the music of the early Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Kinks and such, in fact one of my earliest memories is of Helen listening to Up on the Roof by The Drifters on our Dansette record player. But when I was getting on for being a teenager myself it was T.Rex and Marc Bolan in particular who had me starry eyed.

My bedroom walls were completely plastered with their posters and it was a great week if the middle poster of Jackie magazine was one of T.Rex.

It was the early 1970s and all of my friends were into The Osmonds, Jackson Five, Michael and Donny, Mark Lester and even what Jack calls Scotland’s Shame – The Bay City Rollers. But I was the only discerning one and was into T. Rex right from their beginning.

It’s sad to think that they are all long dead now, but here they are with Hot Love. I would have liked Ride a White Swan but couldn’t find a good version of it. As you can see, it was the year of hot pants and Pan’s People are shaking their stuff.

Who did you have stuck to your bedroom walls?

And if you don’t know what Up on the Roof sounds like, here it is. I’ve just realised that I must have been 3 years old when I first heard it!